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prealgebra junior

Problem

Ana and Bonita were born on the same date in different years, years apart. Last year Ana was times as old as Bonita. This year Ana's age is the square of Bonita's age. What is
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Solution
Let be the age of Ana and be the age of Bonita. Then, and Substituting the second equation into the first gives us By using difference of squares and dividing, Moreover, The answer is .
Final answer
D